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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

mar′gin call′, [Stock Exchange.]

Stock Exchange, Businessa demand from a brokerage house to a customer that more money or securities be deposited in his or her margin account when the amount in it falls below that stipulated as necessary to cover the stock purchased.

1960–65

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